Reference-dependent sympathy

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-160

  Small, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Humanitarian aid; Reference dependence; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953021834     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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